The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-23
The Season OF Weddings.

This is the season Of weddings as the
many marriage announcements In our col
umns bear witness, the number Of brides
being even greater than at Easter time. In
the spring there Is only q brief interval be-
tween the closing Of Lent and the opening
Of May, a month which has been esteemed
unlucky for weddings since the days OF
OVID, but in the autumn the propitious time
is longer. In the autumn, too, the senti-
mental victories Of the summer, the season
most favorable to tho growth OF the tender
passion, are finally celebrated and confirmed
at tho altar.
1t Is the fashion Of the day to assume a
cynical tone with regard to love and matri-
mony, and new sort Of humor In the treat
ment Of these subjects has come into vogue
of late years. The young newspaper wits
and the college poets delight to make pre-
tence Of pricking the bubble Of sentiment,
that they may show themselves to be be-
yond tho influence OF the illusions Of ro-
nance; but 1t Is all only On effort to hide
the real susceptibility Of their hearts. Such
as they are quickest to fall victims to the
tender passion at which they pretend to
SCOT. and those who read and laugh at their
thin disguise Of sentiment are not less ro-
mantle than they.
Therefore love-making continues to occupy
the thoughts of youth as much "a ever be-
fore, and the time most favorable to 1t Is the
summer and amid the rest and opportunities
of tho season Of vacation. At the watering
places and at the picnics and excursions Of
tho great majority who must cling to the
town the propinquity stimulative Of the
gentle passion Is obtained. 30 that when the
leaves begin to fall there Is always a rich
matrimonial harvest. Hence 1t L. that tho
list Of marriage announcements suddenly in
creases In length In October, which is the
month Of the year commonly most fruitful
Of weddings. Last week there were regis
tered 402 marriages In New York, while ten
years ago the number for the whole OF o.
ftober was only FOG. The two months yet
remaining are also those In which weddings
are most numerous, with tho exception of
June and October, 30 that II the proper
itionate increase Of this month is kept up,
the total for the whole quarter will be more
than twice as many as ten years ago. when
1t was about 1000. Yet. as we all know. the
population OF the town has increased since
that time by only one-half.
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proves that, despite the cynics matrimony
Is now more popular than ever. and 1t shows,
too. that there Is prosperity among the peo-
pie. Young men and young women who
have been keeping company now find them
selves able to start homes Of their own, and
they hasten to take advantage of the pro-
pitious time to join their fortunes in we'd
lock. They have looked on the single state
as temporary condition merely. from whose
wretchedness only adverse circumstances
could prevent their escaping, 80 that as soon
as they begin to feel at all secure Of steady
employment at sufficient wages they lose no
time In calling upon the parson to tie the
knot. Baohelorhood. as a permanent state,
has attractions only for those miserable men
Tho have become 60 far perverted that they
prefer selfish indulgence to the joys Of mat
rilnony; but happily, such creatures are few
In comparison with the multitude with whom
the winning Of wife Is the most cherished
object of ambition.
Therefore, with general prosperity. the
wedding bells are ringing as never before in
this happy community.